When the Storm God Rides

Tejas and Other Indian Legends

by Florence Stratton

collected by Bessie M. Reid

[1936]

This is a collection of Native American lore from Texas.
It is focused on the Tejas, a Caddoan group which called itself the Hasinai.
The term 'Tejas' is from a Caddoan word which means 'friend,'
and it gave us the name of Texas.
The Tejas lived between the Sabine and Trinity rivers,
in modern south-east Texas.
They were the furthest west of the Southeastern native groups, in close
contact with the Plains tribes, so their folklore reflects both regions.